-In the summer when your appetite tends to decrease due to summer heat, feel free to eat with a good nutritional balance and contribute to society-
The first TABLE FOR TWO menu using Euglena
Offering "Green Curry" at ITOCHU's employee cafeteria

ITOCHU Corporation
NPO corporation TABLE FOR TWO International
Euglena Co., Ltd.

　ITOCHU Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Okato, hereinafter "ITOCHU"), NPO TABLE FOR TWO International (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Masahisa Kogure, hereinafter "TFT" ”), Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter“ Euglena Co., Ltd. ”) offers“ Midori Curry ”using Euglena from Ishigaki as a TFT menu in the ITOCHU employee cafeteria for a limited time. To do. This Euglena Ishigaki has been used for TFT menus and that a menu with Euglena Ishigaki has been offered at the employee cafeteria.

 　"Euglena Ishigaki" is a powder of the Euglena Euglena Co., Ltd. in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. It is a kind of algae like wakame seaweed and kelp, has both plant and animal properties, has 59 kinds of abundant nutrients such as vitamin minerals and DHA, and is a foodstuff that supplements the nutrients that are often deficient in modern people's diet. It is attracting attention. It is a food that has many advantages because you can get a lot of nutrients at once during this period when you tend to lose your appetite due to summer heat.

　The literal translation of "TABLE FOR TWO" is "dining table for two people." Under the concept that we in developed countries and children in developing countries share meals, every time we eat a TFT healthy menu * 1 with less calories than usual at the employee cafeteria, we provide school meals to children in Africa. You can get one meal (20 yen) as a gift. It is a program that allows children suffering from hunger to share their meals across time and space with reduced calories. At ITOCHU, employees are one of the support members at the time of the establishment of TFT, and as the first company to introduce TFT, TFT has been implemented in the employee cafeteria since 2007, and so far about 3 million yen * 2 has been donated to developing countries. I have donated to the school lunch support project. In addition, we were quick Our, and participated in the capital in 2008, and have been developing the supply route Euglena

　On the other hand, when Our, Ltd. was founded, the foundation was the "solving of the world's food and nutrition situation" that the founder Mitsuru Izumo (currently CEO) felt when he traveled to emerging countries when he was a student. This initiative is Our founding philosophy, which is linked to TFT's social contribution activities aimed at "simultaneously solving the two problems of satiety and hunger," and is an employee of ITOCHU Corporation, a capital and business alliance partner and the first TFT company. It can be said that it was realized in the cafeteria.

　In the future, ITOCHU and Euglena Euglena from Ishigaki to food and side dish makers based on the feedback of the menu provided at the employee cafeteria this time, and can provide it at TFT-introduced employee cafeterias nationwide. While aiming to develop commercial products, we will promote the development of new products.

[Menu overview]
Menu name: "Midori Curry" with Euglena
Nutritional value: Energy 649kcal, protein 17.7g, fat 17.8g, carbohydrate 103.8g, salt 2.8g
Euglena: Contains 0.5g / meal
Selling price: 580 yen (20 yen of which is TFT donation)
Sale date: 8/17 (Friday), 8/24 (Friday), 8/31 (Friday)
Number of sales: 150 meals / day

[Photo] "Midori Curry" with Euglena Euglena (per 1g)

[Overview of ITOCHU] (http://www.itochu.co.jp/ja/)
Established: December 1, 1949 (Founded: 1858)
Capital: 202,241 million yen
Business: Domestic, import / export and trilateral transactions in the fields of textiles, machinery, metals, energy, chemicals, food, living, information, insurance, logistics, construction and finance, as well as domestic and overseas business investment. , Developing a wide range of businesses.

[Overview of TABLE FOR TWO International] (http://www.tablefor2.org/)
Established: October 2007
Business description: The literal translation of "TABLE FOR TWO" is "dining table for two people." Under the concept that we in developed countries and children in developing countries share meals, if you purchase a TFT healthy menu at an employee cafeteria or store, 20 yen of the price will be donated and one meal will be provided to children in Africa. Can be presented. So far, about 500 organizations such as companies, government offices, universities and hospitals have participated. The effort of two birds with one stone to easily contribute to society and prevent metabolic syndrome has become popular, and about 15.3 million meals (equivalent to one year's meal for about 69,582 people) have been delivered to Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Kenya in Africa. It arrived. Currently, of the 7 billion people in the world, 1 billion are overweight due to overeating in developed countries, and 1 billion are hungry in developing countries. TFT carries out a social contribution campaign that aims to solve the two problems of satiety and hunger at the same time.

Euglena Co., Ltd.] (http://www.euglena.jp/)
Founded: August 9, 2005
Capital: 460.65 million yen
Head Office / Research Institute: 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo University Entrepreneur Plaza 7th floor
Business: In 2005, we succeeded in developing a large-scale culture technology for Euglena (Japanese name: Euglena), the world's first microalgae with excellent CO2 fixation capacity. Using Euglena, we will develop and sell functional foods, cosmetics, etc., and conduct research for CO2 fixation, water purification, and biofuel production.

* 1 Donations from ITOCHU via TFT
　At ITOCHU's TFT, a total of 20 yen is donated, 10 yen from the price for each small bowl eaten and 10 yen as a company, and from the price for each TFT set meal.
　A total of 40 yen will be donated, 20 yen and 20 yen as a company. In addition to this, a total of 3 million yen has been donated, including the amount donated through in-house fund-raising activities.

* 2 TFT healthy menu guidelines
　1. The calories per meal are suppressed * The cafeteria where desk work is the main work: Approximately 730kcal (680-800kcal)
　2. Nutritionally balanced
　3. Contains a lot of vegetables
　* Refer to "Japanese Dietary Intake Standards (2010)" established by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. There is a range depending on the amount of exercise per day.

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